Working for Smart Growth:
More Livable Places and Open Spaces
photo source: Resurgence City
A few months ago, New Jersey Future looked at residential building permit data and found that New Jersey’s urban centers were faring better, relative to the rest of the state, in permit activity over the 2003-2008 period, mirroring a trend at the national level.
The same seems to be true of jobs. Between […]
NJ Senator Robert Menendez at the Miller Homes site in Trenton. Source: Author
Of the six cities that were awarded a total of $113.6 million in the latest round of grants for the HOPE VI program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), two were in New Jersey. Trenton and Jersey City […]
Every NJ county is in a metropolitan area
In an article in the Wall Street Journal (“The Metro Moment”) last week, the Brookings Institution’s Bruce Katz drew attention to the importance of metropolitan areas to the nation’s economic activity:
The real heart of the American economy lies in the top […]
This marked shift toward redevelopment sheds further light on the phenomenon of stabilizing—or even increasing—city populations
Revitalizing New Jersey’s cities is a primary goal of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan. Yet in the two decades that have passed since the State Plan was adopted, many cities and towns have continued to exhibit signs of socioeconomic distress.
New Jersey’s eight urban centers, as designated in the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, reversed course and resumed growing in the 1990s.
Last week, New Jersey Future released the following statement regarding proposed updates to the State Planning Act:
Friends of New Jersey Future,
New Jersey Future is pleased that a considerable amount of attention is being paid this fall to the State Planning Act and the State Development and Redevelopment Plan. As those of you who subscribe to […]
North Camden
The Courier Post reported on July 17 that the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) will pay to raze Waterfront State Prison, which sits in North Camden overlooking the Philadelphia Skyline. According to the article demolition of the prison, which is 26 years old, could begin this fall, at an estimated cost of $6 million, […]
New Census estimates show that urban areas across the country are gaining residents.
The omnibus stimulus bill could stimulate economic activity near transit, provide tax relief for commercial development, and help finance housing and education.
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